Senate bill · S. 4641 (119th Congress)
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2026
U.S. Senate
Sponsor: Susan M. Collins (U.S. Senator for Maine, Republican)
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Summary
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2026 This bill deems an individual receiving outpatient observation services in a hospital as an inpatient for purposes of satisfying the three-day inpatient hospital-stay requirement with respect to Medicare coverage of skilled nursing facility (SNF) services. (Generally, individuals must have been an inpatient at a hospital for at least three days in order to qualify for SNF services. An individual's time spent under observation at a hospital for purposes of determining whether the individual should be admitted does not count towards this requirement.)
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Where it stands
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- Passed
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Committee
Senate Committee on Finance · U.S. Senate
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Cosponsors
6
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- Republican2
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Full history
- May 21, 2026
Introduced
Introduced in U.S. Senate
U.S. Senate
- May 21, 2026
Referred to committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- May 21, 2026
Referred to committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- May 21, 2026
Referred to committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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